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Raw Materials

20 Apr 2012
In: Design Inspiration, Tokyo
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Exposing customers to elements of the process as a branding exercise – in this case wood for the oven.
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Last Views

22 Mar 2011
In: Cultural Norms, Dandong
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Your hotel is on fire – you scramble around your home/office/hotel room for something that will enable you to crawl the smoke-filled corridors and see …
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The Grieving Process

Last week’s fire is a 5 minute walk from our Shanghai studio continues to be a magnet for the milling crowd, with public displays of …
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Love Your Caretaker

25 Jun 2010
In: Future Perfect, Shanghai
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Fire extinguishing equipment (photo below) at this upscale xiao long bao/soup dumpling restaurant includes the faces of two members of staff – presumably trained in …
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Smile in the Mind

11 Feb 2010
In: Design Inspiration, Geneva
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Those little design details that help you see what your brain is trained to see.
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The Business, Consequences of Locating Stuff

14 Feb 2008
In: Los Olivos, Today's Office
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“Garbage is useful stuff in the wrong place” from Alex Steffen at the sustainability summit. Big implications in a world where people who want stuff …
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